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Frontline Blogger Covers War in Iraq With a Soldier’s Eyes

Michael Yon was not a journalist, and he wasn’t sure what a blogger was. He had been in uniform but not in combat, and he wanted to keep it that way. He went to Iraq thinking he would stay for a month, and maybe find a way to write about the war after he got home.

Getty Images Up for Sale

Getty Images, the world’s biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itself on the auction block and could fetch more than $1.5 billion, people briefed on the situation said Sunday.

The Video Explosion

News organizations are embracing video on their Web sites in a big way. The quality ranges from bad to basic to superb. And for some journalists, the advent of video is a terrific new career opportunity.

Armies of One

SOC Prof. Bill Gentile cited in American Journalism Review on Future of Foreign Correspondence.
With an arsenal of technology — including handheld digital video cameras, satellite dishes and laptops — seven ABC News journalists who took on new posts around the world this fall may be set to change the definition of "foreign correspondent."

AU Grad Finds Success as Foreign Correspondent

Former AU student Leander Schaerlaeckens, who graduated in Spring 2007, currently works as foreign correspondent in Brussels for United Press International (UPI) and The Washington Times. This article was published Thursday 8 November 2007 in the Times.